Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

The jealous queen of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” had a magic mirror that could answer all her questions. That is one of the things that don’t happen only in fairy tales. I think we can summon such a mirror in reality.

Fairy tales weren’t created out of nowhere. There is a semi-permeable boundary between fact and fiction. Fact inspires fiction and fiction motivates our facts. I’ve always felt that classic literature is rooted into deep understanding of human psychology and intuitive perception of the way the universe functions. So the magic mirror must exist.

To me the magic mirror is a symbolic form given to an abstract concept. It refers to our innate but usually latent power to find answers to all our questions. Chances are that you’ve heard that the key to everything lies within us and hence you might not find it to be a tall claim. I of course have a firm belief in the magical powers of self. 

For further evidence, let me urge you to remember the things that you felt you could relate to – ideas, stories, movies, people, situations. Doesn’t it always happen that we like, enjoy, relish, and understand the things we can relate to? It happens because they show us a bit of our own reflection. And, that’s when the picture gets clearer. And, that’s when we appreciate what it shows us. And, that’s when we realize that it exists nowhere else but within ourselves.

That’s why we ache for soul mates. That’s why we roam around the world only to return home. That is if we are the wandering and wondering kind.

They say that “beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder”, and they say more such stuff on the similar lines.

It figures.

The magic mirror does exist.